The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-06
TIE FARMEIeS' COUNTY CONVEX
TION.
Delegates Elected to the State Convention
Real Agricultural College, Separate
and Distinct.

of the enrolment quorum was found
to be present. Some OF the clubs were
not represented at all as will be seen
from the following enrollmept OF dele
gates:
TOWNSHIP No. Club l, j. n.
Johnstone, J. w. Perkins, John Sligb,
John Mccullough. Club 2, II. II. Folk,
W. B. Franklin, J. B. Suber, j. y. Cul-
breath, S. B. Auli, J. II Hayes, George
Johnstone.
TOWNSHIP No. Club l, J. l..
Keitt, w. II. Sondley, F. w. Higgins,
J. D. Hutchi>on. Club 2, II. c. Wilson,
A. J. Gibson, w. B. Rragin, W. II.
Wendt, J. C. S. Brown, J. y. Thomp-
son.
TOWNSHIP No. 3.-Club l, Norman
Ruff.
TOWNSHIP No. 4.-Club l, G. J.
Abrams, n. n. Butord, S. N. Duncan,
L. II. Chandler, J. c. Duckett.
TOWNSHIP No. 5.-Club l, Thompson
Conner, John B. Campbell, John T.
Duncan.
TOWNSHIP No. G.-No delegates.
TOWNSHIP No. CLUB 2, P. Fl.
Koon, N. J. Longshore, Jacob J. Amick.
Club 5. Silas Walker, w. n. WertS, n.
". Darlington, F. &. Spearman.
TOWNSHIP No. S.-Club l.-Frlnk
Moon, w. Werts, J. C. Goggans, G. F.
Long. J. r. Davidson, D. A. Cannon,
L. W. Long.
TOWNSHIP No. 9-Club /, j. N Tay-
lor, N. Il. Young, D. P. Hawkins. D.
l.. Ham, n. r. Lester. Club 2, H. NJ.
Dominick, j. Simpson Dominick. Club
3, A. II. Miller, J. N. Hartman, j. W.
Hartman, John Long, Andrew Sheely.
Club 4, J. A. Boland, VIM. D. Frick, B.
II. Miller, D. S, Cannon.
TOWNSHIP No. l0-Club 2, j. A. Sigh,
A. n. Boland, w. C. Shealy, J. A. Shea
ly, ST., w. P. Counts.
TOWNSHIP No. il.--Not represented.
Messrs. T.V. Wicker and J.W. Wicker
We're substituted for II. H. Folk and w.
B. Franklin from club 2, township /.
The first business before the oonven-
ton was the adoption OF an amendment
to the constitution proposed at the last
meeting, changing the constitution so
as to make one-third instead of one-half
3 quorum upon motion the amendment
was adopted without dissent.
The next business was the election Of
the delegates to the State Convention;
which was the main business of the con-
vention. The following nominations
were made:
r. r, C. Hunter, John T. Duncan,
G. F. Long, Thompson Conner, NJ NJ.
Butord (Mr. Baford declined), Y. J. Cul-
breath, Alan Johnstone, (Mr. George
Johnstone said that Mr.. Johnstone's
health would not permit him to serve
and de cliued for him), Frank Noon, j..
R. Davidson, P. II. Koon, J. w. Scott,
W.P. Counts, John c. Goggans, (Mr.
Goggaus dcclined), q. C. Wilson.
Mr.. John T. Duncan moved that the
ballot be for ten at once, the FIVE receiy-
ing the highest number Of votes to be
principals and the five next highest al
ternates. The motion prevailed.
The following shows the result of the
ballot:
DELEGATE-R. 7. C. Hunter, 43; /;
j. r. Davidson, 43; J. T. Duncan, AZ
J. Y. Culbreath, 40; J. W. Scott, 80.
ALTERNATEs-Thompson Conner, IS
&. F. Long, So; Alan Johnstone, 36
W. P. Counts, SO; John c. Neel, %.
THE DELEGATES INSTRUCTED.
The following resolution was then
offered by Mr. John T. Duncan and
unanimously adopted without debate:
Resolced, That our delegates be in
structed to support energetically in the
State Convention every measure looking
to the establishment of an agricultural
and mechanical college separate and
apart from the State University and to
the reorganization Of the agricultural
board in such manner as will put that
board in the hands OF the real friends oi
the farmers.
Mr.. 1T. Duncan made statement tc
the convention in regard to the resolu.
tions passed at the July meeting in regard
to the request OF the convention to the
Board of Agriculture to postpone action
on the establishment of the Experimen
tai Stations, but he did not have the
dates with him. We have received the
following letter from Mr.. Duncan, which
we insert here:
Mr.. DUNCAN'S LETTER.
LIBERTY HALL, October 4th, 1887.
In reporting the action of the Boarc
Of Agriculture with the regard to the
resolutions adopted at our Farmers
meeting in July, did not give you the
dates. I wish to do so now.
say if the resolutions were at all de-
serving of the attention of the Roarc
of Agriculture, they deserved more
prompt attention.
II / remember correctly, / mailed the
resolutions to Col. Butler Aug. 9Th Sec
retary L. A. Ransom writes me under
date OF Sept. 28th that "the copy of thu
resolutions was laid before the Board O
Agriculture to-day. There appears tt
be no undue haste on the part Of Col
Butler in laying them before th'
boards lapse of fifty days or more.
My only surprise is that in the huir.
of executing the mandatory" duty i'm
posed on this Board of Agriculture BY
the LegiSlature-that OF est ablishing tn
agricultural stations-for I am informed
that the matter bad been acted upon
my only surprise is that our resolution
were not entirely overlooked.
j. II. DUNCAN, Secretary